‘Iva a tomar por fuerça el Cacicazgo, e vassallos, y tierra del mismo Chichimecatecle,’ Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 139, which must be an idle rumor.

Some time later when Ojeda went to Tlascala for supplies he brought back the confiscated property, including a quantity of treasure, and 30 women, the daughters, servants, etc., of Xicotencatl. Torquemada, i. 558. The Tlascaltec laws were severe, ‘E l’odio particolare, che portavano a quel Principe, il cui orgoglio non potevano più soffrire.’ Clavigero, Storia Mess., iii. 195. Some Tlascaltecs say his father had warned Cortés against his son, and urged his death. Bernal Diaz, loc. cit. Herrera observes that he could hardly have been seized without Tlascaltec aid. dec. iii. lib. i. cap. xvii.